Dr. Bernie Machen
President

Dr. Win Phillips
Vice President for Research

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C. David Brown, Orlando
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Joe Goldberg, Gainesville
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Joelen Merkel, Boca Raton
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Kim Tanzer, Gainesville
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Extracts

Research Briefs

Cell Sizes, Lives Influenced By Host Size

Relocating "Nuisance Bears" May Not Work

New Frogmouth Birds Found In Solomons

Milk Prices Rise As Dairy Farms Disappear

UF Engineers Mapping San Andreas Fault

Ferns May Absorb Arsenic To Repel Bugs

 

Waste Not, Want Not

UF researchers are refining the process they invented for turning all kinds of plant material into the automotive fuel of the future.

Finding Fission

Soaring demand for electricity and concern about global warming have sparked new interest in UF's nuclear engineering program.

The Future's So Bright

UF chemists and engineers seek to capture more of the Sun's energy less expensively.

Conquering Combustion

UF researchers are developing solid oxide fuel cells that take the bang out of driving.